EL · 2021 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Greece, 2021
In 2021, Greece's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 140.1% compared to 2020, reaching 47,589.
Greece accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.
Greece ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 8.0% (from 44,072 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.